| COUNTY POPULATIONS BY GENDER | ||||||||||||
| Nebraska - Census Years, 1960 to 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | |||||||
| County | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female |
| Nebraska | 700,026 | 711,304 | 724,455 | 759,038 | 765,894 | 803,931 | 769,439 | 808,946 | 843,351 | 867,912 | 906,296 | 920,045 |
| Percent of Total | 49.6% | 50.4% | 48.8% | 51.2% | 48.8% | 51.2% | 48.7% | 51.3% | 49.3% | 50.7% | 49.6% | 50.4% |
| Adams | 14,036 | 14,908 | 14,673 | 15,880 | 14,681 | 15,975 | 14,317 | 15,308 | 15,262 | 15,889 | 15,600 | 15,674 |
| Antelope | 5,051 | 5,125 | 4,399 | 4,648 | 4,247 | 4,428 | 3,912 | 4,053 | 3,666 | 3,786 | 3,329 | 3,356 |
| Arthur | 360 | 320 | 313 | 293 | 266 | 247 | 233 | 229 | 224 | 220 | 228 | 232 |
| Banner | 647 | 622 | 509 | 525 | 456 | 462 | 429 | 423 | 426 | 393 | 354 | 336 |
| Blaine | 513 | 503 | 429 | 418 | 422 | 445 | 329 | 346 | 294 | 289 | 247 | 231 |
| Boone | 4,711 | 4,423 | 4,127 | 4,063 | 3,661 | 3,730 | 3,330 | 3,337 | 3,116 | 3,143 | 2,749 | 2,756 |
| Box Butte | 5,785 | 5,903 | 4,900 | 5,194 | 6,839 | 6,857 | 6,478 | 6,652 | 6,054 | 6,104 | 5,541 | 5,767 |
| Boyd | 2,325 | 2,188 | 1,910 | 1,842 | 1,707 | 1,624 | 1,401 | 1,434 | 1,177 | 1,261 | 1,038 | 1,061 |
| Brown | 2,213 | 2,223 | 1,953 | 2,068 | 2,127 | 2,250 | 1,763 | 1,894 | 1,731 | 1,794 | 1,531 | 1,614 |
| Buffalo | 13,093 | 13,143 | 15,334 | 15,888 | 16,751 | 18,046 | 18,248 | 19,199 | 20,694 | 21,565 | 22,838 | 23,264 |
| Burt | 5,118 | 5,074 | 4,531 | 4,716 | 4,320 | 4,493 | 3,814 | 4,054 | 3,771 | 4,020 | 3,361 | 3,497 |
| Butler | 5,282 | 5,030 | 4,756 | 4,705 | 4,638 | 4,692 | 4,272 | 4,329 | 4,472 | 4,295 | 4,211 | 4,184 |
| Cass | 8,873 | 8,948 | 8,936 | 9,140 | 10,159 | 10,138 | 10,641 | 10,677 | 12,028 | 12,306 | 12,664 | 12,577 |
| Cedar | 6,805 | 6,563 | 6,123 | 6,069 | 5,722 | 5,653 | 5,060 | 5,071 | 4,811 | 4,804 | 4,500 | 4,352 |
| Chase | 2,132 | 2,185 | 1,985 | 2,144 | 2,328 | 2,430 | 2,143 | 2,238 | 1,999 | 2,069 | 1,965 | 2,001 |
| Cherry | 4,294 | 3,924 | 3,481 | 3,365 | 3,423 | 3,335 | 3,127 | 3,180 | 3,055 | 3,093 | 2,844 | 2,869 |
| Cheyenne | 7,397 | 7,431 | 5,236 | 5,542 | 4,950 | 5,107 | 4,584 | 4,910 | 4,814 | 5,016 | 4,966 | 5,032 |
| Clay | 4,356 | 4,361 | 4,052 | 4,214 | 3,979 | 4,127 | 3,457 | 3,666 | 3,431 | 3,608 | 3,277 | 3,265 |
| Colfax | 4,759 | 4,836 | 4,664 | 4,834 | 4,897 | 4,993 | 4,511 | 4,628 | 5,382 | 5,059 | 5,426 | 5,089 |
| Cuming | 6,311 | 6,124 | 6,010 | 6,024 | 5,832 | 5,832 | 5,003 | 5,114 | 5,155 | 5,048 | 4,532 | 4,607 |
| Custer | 8,292 | 8,225 | 6,882 | 7,210 | 6,733 | 7,144 | 5,928 | 6,342 | 5,779 | 6,014 | 5,427 | 5,512 |
| Dakota | 6,109 | 6,059 | 6,482 | 6,655 | 8,151 | 8,422 | 8,294 | 8,448 | 10,111 | 10,142 | 10,489 | 10,517 |
| Dawes | 4,783 | 4,753 | 4,806 | 4,887 | 4,724 | 4,885 | 4,433 | 4,588 | 4,429 | 4,631 | 4,559 | 4,623 |
| Dawson | 9,652 | 9,753 | 9,490 | 9,977 | 11,026 | 11,278 | 9,698 | 10,242 | 12,286 | 12,079 | 12,293 | 12,033 |
| Deuel | 1,544 | 1,581 | 1,341 | 1,376 | 1,224 | 1,238 | 1,109 | 1,128 | 1,021 | 1,077 | 954 | 987 |
| Dixon | 4,132 | 3,974 | 3,736 | 3,717 | 3,590 | 3,547 | 3,017 | 3,126 | 3,145 | 3,194 | 2,964 | 3,036 |
| Dodge | 15,877 | 16,594 | 16,698 | 18,084 | 17,203 | 18,644 | 16,493 | 18,007 | 17,441 | 18,719 | 17,963 | 18,728 |
| Douglas | 166,980 | 176,510 | 186,618 | 202,837 | 190,016 | 207,022 | 200,576 | 215,868 | 226,734 | 236,851 | 254,164 | 262,946 |
| Dundy | 1,797 | 1,773 | 1,443 | 1,483 | 1,418 | 1,443 | 1,246 | 1,336 | 1,128 | 1,164 | 1,006 | 1,002 |
| Fillmore | 4,605 | 4,820 | 3,917 | 4,220 | 3,858 | 4,062 | 3,445 | 3,658 | 3,205 | 3,429 | 2,893 | 2,997 |
| Franklin | 2,749 | 2,700 | 2,252 | 2,314 | 2,126 | 2,251 | 1,897 | 2,041 | 1,720 | 1,854 | 1,613 | 1,612 |
| Frontier | 2,245 | 2,066 | 2,104 | 1,878 | 1,796 | 1,851 | 1,537 | 1,564 | 1,553 | 1,546 | 1,399 | 1,357 |
| Furnas | 3,815 | 3,896 | 3,312 | 3,585 | 3,131 | 3,355 | 2,671 | 2,882 | 2,555 | 2,769 | 2,423 | 2,536 |
| Gage | 13,194 | 13,624 | 12,637 | 13,082 | 11,792 | 12,664 | 10,923 | 11,871 | 11,149 | 11,844 | 10,952 | 11,359 |
| Garden | 1,768 | 1,704 | 1,444 | 1,485 | 1,365 | 1,437 | 1,183 | 1,277 | 1,116 | 1,176 | 1,043 | 1,014 |
| Garfield | 1,387 | 1,312 | 1,153 | 1,258 | 1,138 | 1,225 | 1,026 | 1,115 | 911 | 991 | 1,003 | 1,046 |
| Gosper | 1,276 | 1,213 | 1,109 | 1,069 | 1,094 | 1,046 | 977 | 951 | 1,082 | 1,061 | 1,024 | 1,020 |
| Grant | 527 | 482 | 509 | 510 | 446 | 431 | 391 | 378 | 398 | 349 | 336 | 278 |
| Greeley | 2,354 | 2,241 | 1,992 | 2,008 | 1,699 | 1,763 | 1,480 | 1,526 | 1,337 | 1,377 | 1,280 | 1,258 |
| Hall | 17,293 | 18,464 | 20,486 | 22,365 | 23,083 | 24,607 | 23,709 | 25,216 | 26,554 | 26,980 | 29,287 | 29,320 |
| Hamilton | 4,332 | 4,382 | 4,426 | 4,441 | 4,578 | 4,723 | 4,330 | 4,532 | 4,687 | 4,716 | 4,564 | 4,560 |
| Harlan | 2,538 | 2,543 | 2,140 | 2,217 | 2,085 | 2,207 | 1,830 | 1,980 | 1,874 | 1,912 | 1,723 | 1,700 |
| Hayes | 995 | 924 | 787 | 743 | 702 | 654 | 626 | 596 | 535 | 533 | 510 | 457 |
| Hitchcock | 2,430 | 2,399 | 2,038 | 2,013 | 2,076 | 2,003 | 1,841 | 1,909 | 1,516 | 1,595 | 1,446 | 1,462 |
| Holt | 6,804 | 6,918 | 6,401 | 6,532 | 6,768 | 6,784 | 6,270 | 6,329 | 5,685 | 5,866 | 5,189 | 5,246 |
| Hooker | 563 | 567 | 461 | 478 | 471 | 519 | 388 | 405 | 356 | 427 | 346 | 390 |
| Howard | 3,349 | 3,192 | 3,401 | 3,406 | 3,364 | 3,409 | 2,959 | 3,096 | 3,300 | 3,267 | 3,191 | 3,083 |
| Jefferson | 5,729 | 5,891 | 5,113 | 5,323 | 4,787 | 5,030 | 4,230 | 4,529 | 4,073 | 4,260 | 3,717 | 3,830 |
| Johnson | 3,128 | 3,153 | 2,840 | 2,903 | 2,591 | 2,694 | 2,252 | 2,421 | 2,149 | 2,339 | 3,015 | 2,202 |
| Kearney | 3,225 | 3,355 | 3,271 | 3,436 | 3,421 | 3,632 | 3,284 | 3,345 | 3,413 | 3,469 | 3,187 | 3,302 |
| Keith | 3,999 | 3,959 | 4,132 | 4,355 | 4,602 | 4,762 | 4,173 | 4,411 | 4,358 | 4,517 | 4,196 | 4,172 |
| Keya Paha | 847 | 825 | 672 | 668 | 670 | 631 | 538 | 491 | 495 | 488 | 415 | 409 |
| Kimball | 3,993 | 3,982 | 2,998 | 3,011 | 2,427 | 2,455 | 2,016 | 2,092 | 1,998 | 2,091 | 1,903 | 1,918 |
| Knox | 6,848 | 6,452 | 5,923 | 5,800 | 5,753 | 5,704 | 4,650 | 4,884 | 4,609 | 4,765 | 4,262 | 4,439 |
| Lancaster | 77,008 | 78,264 | 81,832 | 86,140 | 94,358 | 98,526 | 104,493 | 109,148 | 125,029 | 125,262 | 143,048 | 142,359 |
| Lincoln | 14,130 | 14,361 | 14,416 | 15,122 | 18,059 | 18,396 | 15,777 | 16,731 | 17,009 | 17,623 | 17,941 | 18,347 |
| Logan | 566 | 542 | 501 | 490 | 484 | 499 | 441 | 437 | 385 | 389 | 381 | 382 |
| Loup | 566 | 531 | 420 | 434 | 425 | 434 | 337 | 346 | 371 | 341 | 324 | 308 |
| McPherson | 366 | 369 | 312 | 311 | 300 | 293 | 276 | 270 | 266 | 267 | 277 | 262 |
| Madison | 12,187 | 12,958 | 13,218 | 14,184 | 15,061 | 16,321 | 15,954 | 16,701 | 17,480 | 17,746 | 17,314 | 17,562 |
| Merrick | 4,188 | 4,175 | 4,335 | 4,416 | 4,403 | 4,542 | 3,979 | 4,063 | 4,017 | 4,187 | 3,880 | 3,965 |
| Morrill | 3,608 | 3,449 | 2,888 | 2,925 | 3,009 | 3,076 | 2,685 | 2,738 | 2,691 | 2,749 | 2,517 | 2,525 |
| Nance | 2,828 | 2,807 | 2,521 | 2,621 | 2,362 | 2,378 | 2,110 | 2,165 | 2,061 | 1,977 | 1,873 | 1,832 |
| Nemaha | 4,514 | 4,585 | 4,411 | 4,565 | 4,029 | 4,338 | 3,957 | 4,023 | 3,656 | 3,920 | 3,541 | 3,707 |
| Nuckolls | 4,100 | 4,117 | 3,569 | 3,835 | 3,287 | 3,439 | 2,782 | 3,004 | 2,430 | 2,627 | 2,227 | 2,273 |
| Otoe | 8,177 | 8,326 | 7,489 | 8,087 | 7,355 | 7,828 | 6,833 | 7,419 | 7,550 | 7,846 | 7,714 | 8,026 |
| Pawnee | 2,710 | 2,646 | 2,197 | 2,276 | 1,897 | 2,040 | 1,597 | 1,720 | 1,483 | 1,604 | 1,378 | 1,395 |
| Perkins | 2,149 | 2,040 | 1,728 | 1,695 | 1,859 | 1,778 | 1,670 | 1,697 | 1,606 | 1,594 | 1,499 | 1,471 |
| Phelps | 4,767 | 5,033 | 4,546 | 5,007 | 4,630 | 5,139 | 4,680 | 5,035 | 4,777 | 4,970 | 4,545 | 4,643 |
| Pierce | 4,361 | 4,361 | 4,145 | 4,348 | 4,176 | 4,305 | 3,832 | 3,995 | 3,929 | 3,928 | 3,669 | 3,597 |
| Platte | 11,876 | 12,116 | 12,954 | 13,554 | 14,097 | 14,755 | 14,645 | 15,175 | 15,700 | 15,962 | 16,141 | 16,096 |
| Polk | 3,570 | 3,640 | 3,138 | 3,330 | 3,122 | 3,198 | 2,789 | 2,886 | 2,827 | 2,812 | 2,696 | 2,710 |
| Red Willow | 6,330 | 6,610 | 5,912 | 6,279 | 6,045 | 6,570 | 5,563 | 6,142 | 5,544 | 5,904 | 5,483 | 552 |
| Richardson | 6,829 | 7,074 | 5,892 | 6,385 | 5,386 | 5,929 | 4,771 | 5,166 | 4,606 | 4,925 | 4,132 | 4,231 |
| Rock | 1,302 | 1,252 | 1,068 | 1,163 | 1,174 | 1,209 | 995 | 1,024 | 843 | 913 | 763 | 763 |
| Saline | 6,294 | 6,248 | 6,300 | 6,509 | 6,370 | 6,761 | 6,143 | 6,572 | 6,845 | 6,998 | 7,137 | 7,063 |
| Sarpy | 16,886 | 14,395 | 32,989 | 30,707 | 43,690 | 42,325 | 51,694 | 50,889 | 60,919 | 61,676 | 78,886 | 79,954 |
| Saunders | 8,773 | 8,497 | 8,585 | 8,433 | 9,386 | 9,330 | 9,155 | 9,130 | 9,869 | 9,961 | 10,516 | 10,264 |
| Scotts Bluff | 16,573 | 17,236 | 17,986 | 18,446 | 18,597 | 19,747 | 17,303 | 18,722 | 17,625 | 19,326 | 17,813 | 19,157 |
| Seward | 6,814 | 6,767 | 7,273 | 7,187 | 7,994 | 7,795 | 7,749 | 7,701 | 8,379 | 8,117 | 8,527 | 8,223 |
| Sheridan | 4,537 | 4,512 | 3,531 | 3,754 | 3,665 | 3,879 | 3,285 | 3,465 | 3,035 | 3,163 | 2,654 | 2,815 |
| Sherman | 2,760 | 2,622 | 2,387 | 2,338 | 2,092 | 2,134 | 1,885 | 1,833 | 1,634 | 1,684 | 1,549 | 1,603 |
| Sioux | 1,326 | 1,249 | 1,024 | 1,010 | 925 | 920 | 777 | 772 | 776 | 699 | 673 | 638 |
| Stanton | 2,978 | 2,805 | 2,859 | 2,899 | 3,331 | 3,218 | 3,104 | 3,140 | 3,201 | 3,254 | 3,031 | 3,098 |
| Thayer | 4,544 | 4,574 | 3,741 | 4,038 | 3,684 | 3,898 | 3,212 | 3,423 | 2,963 | 3,092 | 2,551 | 2,677 |
| Thomas | 547 | 531 | 479 | 475 | 486 | 487 | 411 | 440 | 364 | 365 | 328 | 319 |
| Thurston | 3,710 | 3,527 | 3,437 | 3,505 | 3,515 | 3,671 | 3,427 | 3,509 | 3,575 | 3,596 | 3,446 | 3,494 |
| Valley | 3,311 | 3,279 | 2,865 | 2,918 | 2,765 | 2,868 | 2,480 | 2,689 | 2,223 | 2,424 | 2,109 | 2,151 |
| Washington | 6,093 | 6,010 | 6,649 | 6,661 | 7,761 | 7,747 | 8,136 | 8,471 | 9,329 | 9,451 | 10,077 | 10,157 |
| Wayne | 5,055 | 4,904 | 5,226 | 5,174 | 4,817 | 5,041 | 4,527 | 4,837 | 4,728 | 5,123 | 4,816 | 4,779 |
| Webster | 3,102 | 3,122 | 3,160 | 3,317 | 2,326 | 2,532 | 2,063 | 2,216 | 1,954 | 2,107 | 1,821 | 1,991 |
| Wheeler | 660 | 637 | 519 | 535 | 530 | 530 | 476 | 472 | 434 | 452 | 412 | 406 |
| York | 6,711 | 7,013 | 6,618 | 7,067 | 7,129 | 7,669 | 6,974 | 7,454 | 6,974 | 7,624 | 6,670 | 6,995 |
| Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000 Census, June 2001 and 2010 Census, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Last Updated: | May 20, 2011 | |||||||||||
| by Nebraska Databook | ||||||||||||
| email: | michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov | |||||||||||